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{{short description|Metropolis in India, Bharat}}
{{About|the municipality in Madhya Pradesh, India|Its namesake district|Damoh District}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{use Indian English|date=March 2016}}
{{refimprove|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox settlement
| Country = [[India]]
| State = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| Name = Damoh
| settlement_type = City
| government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| governing_body = [[Damoh Municipal Corporation]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Mrs. Malti Asati<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Malti Asati News: Mayor office |url=https://camera24.in/madhya-pradesh/damoh/pickup-vehicle-hit-malti-asati-car-in-damoh/amp/}}</ref>
| leader_title2 = District Magistrate
| leader_name2 = Mr. S. Krishna Chaitanya<ref>{{cite web|title=Collector of Damoh 2021: Collector Site|url=https://damoh.nic.in/en/whos-who/}}</ref>
| leader_title3 = MLA
| leader_name3 = [[Ajay Kumar Tandon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=MLA of Damoh 2021 By Election: Ajay Kumar Tandon|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india-today-insight/story/damoh-bypoll-results-the-bjp-needs-to-clean-house-1803679-2021-05-17}}</ref>
| leader_title4 = MP
| leader_name4 = [[Prahlad Singh Patel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Member of Parliament Damoh: Prahlad Singh Patel|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/prahlad-singh-patel}}</ref>
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
| photo1a = Kundalpur Under Construction Temple at Night.jpg
| photo2a = Bandakpur Hindu Temple.jpg
| photo2b = Kundalpur lake.jpg
| photo3a = Circuit House Gate Damoh.jpg
| photo3b = Rajnagar_Damoh_Sun.jpg
| photo4a = Kirti Stambh Damoh.jpg
| photo4b = Nohleshwar Temple, Nohta.jpg
| spacing = 1
| color_border = white
| color = white
| size = 275
| foot_montage = ''From top, left to right:''[[The Bade Baba Temple]] at [[Kundalpur]] india's cultural heritage site, Lord Shiv Temple at [[Bandakpur]], [[Jain]] Temples near Vardhman Lake in [[Kundalpur]], Circuit House Gate most visit place in Damoh, Rajnagar Lake Damoh lifeline of Damoh, Kirti Stambh Damoh jain historical landmark in Damoh, Nohleshwar Temple at Nohta historical architecture temple
}}
| pushpin_map = India Madhya Pradesh #India #World
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt = Damoh
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India.
| coordinates = {{coord|23.84|N|79.45|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Damoh district|Damoh]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 7306.00
| elevation_m = 595
| population_total = 126219
| urban_population = 147,661
| rural_population = 1,013,668
| population_density_km2 = 148
| demographics_type1 =
| Official Languages = [[Indian English]] and [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| demographics1_title1 =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 470661
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 07812
| registration_plate = MP-34
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 913 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Literacy Rate|Average Literacy Rate]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 86.18%
| website = {{URL|www.damoh.nic.in}}
| official_name = Damoh
}}
'''Damoh''' is a city in the [[India]]n state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].

==History==
===Early history===
[[Stone Age]] tools have been found in [[Singrampur]] Valley and it is believed that the area has been inhabited for thousands of years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.damoh.nic.in/History.html|title=History {{!}} Damoh - A District of Madhya Pradesh - A City of Grace and Affection|website=www.damoh.nic.in|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116153954/http://www.damoh.nic.in/History.html|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Around the 5th century, it was part of the empire of [[Guptas]] of [[Pataliputra]]. This has been evidenced by plaques and coins, and monuments from the reigns of [[Samudragupta]], [[Chandragupta I]], and Skandgupta. From the 8th to 12th centuries, some parts of the Damoh district were in the Chedi Empire, ruled by the [[Kalachuris of Tripuri|Kalchuri dynasty]] from its capital Tripuri. The temple at Nohta demonstrates Kalchuri's influence in the 10th century. Some regions of the district were under the Chandels of the Jejak-Bhukti.

===The Sultans===
Around the beginning of the 14th century, the administrative centre of the [[Chanderi]] province of the [[Khalji dynasty]] was moved to Damoh.

The era of Muslim rule began in the 14th century. Stone carvings at Salaiya and Batiyagarh mention [[Khalji dynasty|Khalji]] and [[Tughlaq Dynasty|Tuglaq]] Sultans. The Sultan of [[Malwa]] later annexed the region.

===Gond and Maratha rule===
In the last quarter of the 15th century, Sangram Shah of the [[Gondi people|Gond dynasty]] annexed the region into his empire organized around 52 forts. This was an era of peace and prosperity for the region. In Singrampur, [[Rani Durgawati]] attained martyrdom battling against the [[Mughal Empire]], represented by its General Asaf Khan and his army.

Bundelas entered the region for a brief time span, after which [[Marathas]] took over in 1732. Marathas remained in control until the British annexed the Marathas kingdom after the death of [[Peshwa]] in 1888. The Diwanji ki Talaiya and the Ram Mandir were constructed by the Maratha administrators.

===Modern history===
Damoh took part in the struggle for independence from the British. Under the leadership of [[Thakur Kishore Singh of Hindoria]], Raja Devi Singh of Singrampur, Pancham Singh of Karijog, [[King of mangarh|Gangadhar Rao]], Raghunath Rao, Mejban Singh, and Govind Rao were among those who took part in the [[1857 revolt]].

Damoh suffered from famine in 1896-97 and 1900. By 1899 the India Midland Railway had completed the construction of Sagar–Damoh link and Damoh–Katni links. Freedom fighter [[Seth Govind Das]] was jailed in Damoh in 1923, and wrote a number of Hindi plays while imprisoned. In 1929, [[Acharya Shantisagar]] visited Damoh, the first such visit by a Digambar Muni to Damoh after several centuries.<ref>Charitra Chakravarti, Divakar, Sumeruchandra, 1953, Shanti Prakashan Sivni, p. 257-258</ref>

In 1933, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited Damoh. In 1946, [[Sagar University]] was established as the region's primary centre for higher education.

In 1947, with India's independence from [[British Raj]], the [[Central Provinces]] were reorganized as the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The town of Damoh had its first-degree college established in 1961 by Shiksha Prasar Samiti, a volunteer organization.

==Geography==
Damoh is located at {{coord|23.88|N|79.45|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/35/Damoh.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Damoh]</ref> It is at an average elevation of {{convert|595|m}}.

According to the 2001 [[India]] [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Damoh city had a population of 112,160 (total urban population is 147,661). Males constituted 53% of the population and females 47%. Damoh had an average [[literacy]] rate of 73%, above the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 89% and female literacy was 66%. 14% of the population was under 6 years of age.

==Climate==
{{Weather box
| location = Damoh (1981–2010, extremes 1970–2011)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 33.3
| Feb record high C = 37.2
| Mar record high C = 41.0
| Apr record high C = 45.2
| May record high C = 49.8
| Jun record high C = 46.6
| Jul record high C = 42.6
| Aug record high C = 38.4
| Sep record high C = 38.2
| Oct record high C = 39.2
| Nov record high C = 37.0
| Dec record high C = 32.0
| year record high C = 49.8
| Jan avg record high C = 30.5
| Feb avg record high C = 33.4
| Mar avg record high C = 38.1
| Apr avg record high C = 43.1
| May avg record high C = 45.9
| Jun avg record high C = 44.1
| Jul avg record high C = 37.4
| Aug avg record high C = 34.4
| Sep avg record high C = 34.8
| Oct avg record high C = 35.8
| Nov avg record high C = 33.9
| Dec avg record high C = 29.4
| year avg record high C = 45.2
| Jan high C = 25.2
| Feb high C = 28.9
| Mar high C = 33.7
| Apr high C = 39.1
| May high C = 42.4
| Jun high C = 39.3
| Jul high C = 32.7
| Aug high C = 30.8
| Sep high C = 31.7
| Oct high C = 33.1
| Nov high C = 30.1
| Dec high C = 25.9
| year high C = 32.7
| Jan low C = 8.5
| Feb low C = 11.9
| Mar low C = 17.1
| Apr low C = 22.3
| May low C = 26.8
| Jun low C = 26.8
| Jul low C = 24.5
| Aug low C = 23.6
| Sep low C = 22.9
| Oct low C = 19.0
| Nov low C = 13.8
| Dec low C = 9.1
| year low C = 18.9
| Jan avg record low C = 4.0
| Feb avg record low C = 7.2
| Mar avg record low C = 11.9
| Apr avg record low C = 17.1
| May avg record low C = 22
| Jun avg record low C = 22.7
| Jul avg record low C = 22.3
| Aug avg record low C = 21.7
| Sep avg record low C = 20.2
| Oct avg record low C = 14.0
| Nov avg record low C = 9.3
| Dec avg record low C = 5.9
| year avg record low C = 4.1
| Jan record low C = 0.5
| Feb record low C = 1.6
| Mar record low C = 7.0
| Apr record low C = 14.6
| May record low C = 19.0
| Jun record low C = 19.8
| Jul record low C = 18.0
| Aug record low C = 19.0
| Sep record low C = 15.0
| Oct record low C = 10.5
| Nov record low C = 5.0
| Dec record low C = 2.5
| year record low C = 0.5
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 11.6
| Feb rain mm = 17.8
| Mar rain mm = 8.4
| Apr rain mm = 3.7
| May rain mm = 8.6
| Jun rain mm = 119.4
| Jul rain mm = 305.4
| Aug rain mm = 435.1
| Sep rain mm = 181.4
| Oct rain mm = 32.7
| Nov rain mm = 13.8
| Dec rain mm = 7.7
| year rain mm = 1145.6
| Jan rain days = 1.1
| Feb rain days = 1.6
| Mar rain days = 0.8
| Apr rain days = 0.4
| May rain days = 0.7
| Jun rain days = 6.2
| Jul rain days = 12.8
| Aug rain days = 15.7
| Sep rain days = 8.1
| Oct rain days = 1.8
| Nov rain days = 0.8
| Dec rain days = 0.7
| year rain days = 50.6
| Jan humidity = 67
| Feb humidity = 60
| Mar humidity = 48
| Apr humidity = 37
| May humidity = 38
| Jun humidity = 55
| Jul humidity = 79
| Aug humidity = 84
| Sep humidity = 81
| Oct humidity = 65
| Nov humidity = 60
| Dec humidity = 65
| year humidity = 61
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Damoh Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 223–224
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M116
| access-date = 28 December 2020}}</ref>
}}

==Administration==
Damoh city has a Nagar Paliaka Parishad with the elected head Mrs. Malti Asati.<ref>[http://mcdamoh.com/page.php?cat=President Municipal Corporation President]</ref> Tarun Rathi is the current DM & Collector for the Damoh District.<ref>[http://damoh.nic.in/collectorprofile.html collector profile]</ref> The current Member of Legislative Assembly from Damoh constituency is Mr. Ajay Kumar Tandon.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage-inline}}
* [http://damoh.nic.in Damoh website]
* [http://www.damohtoday.com Damoh News website]
{{Sagar Division}}

[[Category:Damoh| ]]
[[Category:Cities in Bundelkhand]]
[[Category:Cities in Madhya Pradesh]]

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